Louis Vuitton 2005 Annual Report Download - page 61

PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY
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LVMH 2005 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
A DYNAMIC EMPLOYMENT POLICY
A true commitment to the community can be
seen both within the company and outside.
Job creation, equal opportunity and community
spirit are all the more natural in a group
whose mission is to promote an “art de vivre”
and bring a message of excellence to the entire
world.
A GROUP CREATING JOBS Thanks to the Group’s policy to
sell products with the "Made in France" label, ensuring quality and excel-
lence, LVMH is one of the few Groups able to guarantee industrial
employment growth in France.
Louis Vuitton while building plants and creating jobs, illustrates its will
to be permanently integrated within local communities, thereby support-
ing the long-term growth of the Louis Vuitton brand.
Thanks to the steady growth of our brands, a large number of sales jobs
are created in all the countries in which we operate, particularly with
the expansion of our own stores network.
The opening of Maison Louis Vuitton on the Champs-Élysées in Paris
resulted in a large number of new hires and an expansion of our inter-
national teams. A special training course was initiated to train the new
store teams. In the same way, the opening of the Galleria in Okinawa,
Japan, resulted in the creation of nearly 600 new jobs.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN FRANCE AND INTERNATIONALLY
Respectful of human rights and equal opportunity—in the spirit of the
International Labour Organization Employment Policy Convention—
the LVMH companies offer every person, without discrimination of
any kind, the opportunity to achieve his or her professional goals.
Women represent 71% of the workforce employed by the companies
of the Group, and 75% of the new employees hired in 2005.
This high proportion is due, in part, to the nature of the products,
the attractiveness of our businesses, the career prospects and work
satisfaction which our companies can offer to women.
A DYNAMIC EMPLOYMENT POLICY LVMH encourages its
companies to develop actions to assist persons who have difficulties in
finding employment.
Several companies have developed partnership with the “Assistance
through Work Centers” (Centres d’Aide par Le Travail, CAT) in order to
encourage the employment of disabled workers. Hennessy established
a partnership with the CAT, subcontracting its repackaging operation to
the organisation.
Parfums Christian Dior has designed a workshop that can accommo-
date employees with serious medical restrictions. Today, this workshop
employs 26 persons. Others should be created in the near future.
ENCOURAGING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING LVMH has an
on-going policy of hiring workers with few qualifications, training them
for several months to the fabrication techniques and processes for its
products. Learning and mastering these artisan skills requires years of
training in most of our businesses, particularly those relating to leather
craftmanship, fashion, vine and wine development and watchmaking.
LVMH is particularly attentive to promoting women at all levels
of responsibility within the group. Cécile Bonnefond, President
of Veuve Clicquot, along with Nicole Ameline, Minister of Professional
Parity and Equality, presented the 2005 Women in Business Award
to Annie Famose, Chairman of the eponym group, the parent company
of several ski stores.
A family photo: The entire team from Maison Louis Vuitton
on the Champs-Élysées arrived on October 6, 2005 to explore
the new location before the opening.